I tried this with some other type of paint from Michaels craft store here in the US, spent the whole weekend doing lil perfect dots and wasn’t able to get any kind of vibrance like what I see in your pictures. I was so bummed. I am not giving up though! I am going to buy from the links you posted and give those a shot!!! Thanks for doing this tutorial! Its so nice when people are willing to share the magic of their craft and not be selfish. I love your work and am always oohing and aahhing. You need to do more of these! :-D

Hey Kelly! These would look so nice on your wedding reception, if these would be the only light sources (if there is more light, they’re not very vivid)! :) The thing is that they’re glow for a long time(6-9 hours) after ‘charging’ for 2-3 hours. :) At least the Poliglow ones.

These look great! Thanks for sharing.
I’m curious how it would work if you thinned the paint down (with solvent or water) and swirled it around in the jar and turned the jars upside down and let them dry? The application would be diluted so I wonder how much the jars would “glow”. Might have to try this experiment!

hey, very pretty, i had an idea but i dont have the glow in the dark paint, but instead of water you should try cooking oil and an eye dropper, should make a more 3d effect with paint, give it a try if you have time

I would like to try this project combined with a mason jar light. On HGTV I saw where they cut off the bottom of mason jars (so the heat from the light bulb could escape), drilled a large hole in the screw-on tops, and inserted a light bulb fixture for about $4.50 per light. The lit bulbs would provide a light source when needed and would charge the glow in the dark paint. Turn off the light and let the paint glow when you want that effect. Our daughter wants to feature mason jars in her wedding decor, and I am thinking a design of their initials, some swirls, and dots. Thank you for the glowing idea!
ML

Are you Hungarian?
My father is native hungarian and retired, there. I just had the opportunity to visit budapest and all my relatives, this past year. Hungary and the hungarian people are beautiful, I loved the culture! Unfortunately, I know only a few words.

Oh, I thought you are (at least half) Hungarian, from your name. Végvári is just so Hungarian. :) Yes, I’m hungarian, and I’m very happy you found my blog! I hope you’ll have more chances to visit Budapest, it’s a beautiful city! (Unfortunately I don’t live there either)

Wow, amazing blog layout! How long have you been blogging for? you make blogging look easy. The overall look of your web site is fantastic, as well as the content!. Thanks For Your article about Glowing jar project – varÃ¡zslat a lakÃ¡sban (EN/HU) | from {panka} with love .

This looks like such a wonderful project. It is giving me all sorts of ideas. I got the link on a social site I’m a member of, one of the areas on the site is for crafty people.
I often have jars that I recycle, from things like pasta sauce. Now I will keep some of the jars and see what I can do with glow paint.

I’m making these for my little girl’s “Fairy Garden” I’m doing exactly as you said but I’m putting the lids on the jars. I’m making holes in the lid, inserting a rubber ring in the hole (to keep moisture and bugs out) and putting stakes in the holes so I can put them in the ground around around her little garden. I’ll poast pictures as soon as they’re done =) Thanks SOOOOO much for sharing this awesome idea!

If I wanted to use them in the garden I could just paint them and keep the lid tight, don’t you think? That way the rain wouldn’t get in. I can’t wait to give it a try!!!!!!! Do share the BEST paint available in the States. I want to do it right the first time. Thanks for sharing!
Nancy

I love your photograph of the mason jars with the glow-in-the-dark paint. How incredibly awesome. I love photography as well and am impressed with your techniques. I’m going to try to make my own jars. Thank you for the idea.

Since the paint gets watered down a little bit, I bet you could use an old toothbrush and use your thumb to pull at the bristles so that the paint will flick and splatter nicely. Saving lots of time and dirtying a thumb( a disposable glove would solve that too) :)

This is such a cute idea! My girls are gonna love it! I wonder if you could mix the glow paint with a little regular paint so that it would look cute during the day and night, then you could use them in a garden or something.

Hello can I reblog this in my blog in pure English. I’ll definitely put your link in there so that people can see your blog too. I usually include credits to real owners of photos I’m blogging. You can check my blogsite http://serendipityofkimy.blogspot.com/. It’s a personal blog site with contents mostly of my amazing finds usually in photos just like your project.

Do you know if this would work 1. on plastic, and/or 2. on the inside of the wine “glass” (any food/toxicity issues?). I think this would be really fun to do on “outdoor” wine glasses for summer evenings on the deck.

Dorothea Dahmlos:
My German friend ordered four glow in the dark paints from the EU url. I tried the Glow Inc’s one.
Her and my results are the same as the blogwrites.

Just a little counting with US vs. EU prices, four color glowing paints and the same size product :)

If I wanna do the SAME QUALITY like my German friend or the blogwriter got:
– here in the U.S. I have to spend 4x$19.98 (eg 4x€16) + $10 shipping fee – the total is almost $90 (eg €70).
– in EU: 4x€3,4 + with the €19 shipping fee: total €32

So the result is: the same quality in Europe is cheaper… with $90 in the EU I can buy 14 glow in the dark paints, here only just 4.